Open AccessThe Motivating Factors of Second Language Acquisition for Young Learners
Author(s) -
Ahmad Fawzi Shamsi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of studies in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-6952
DOI - 10.5296/jse.v9i3.15075
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , foreign language , english as a foreign language , mathematics education , factor (programming language) , motivation to learn , language acquisition , english language , intrinsic motivation , pedagogy , social psychology , computer science , communication , programming language
Motivation plays a very effective role in teaching foreign languages. It has been suggested that the use of motivation can help in facilitating learning English. This study investigated the motivating factors for young learners in North Cyprus. The researcher aimed to find out the most motivating factor(s) for learning English for grade five pupils at a primary school in North Cyprus. The results show that there are many motivating factors that positively affect the learners’ attitudes towards learning English as a foreign language. Learners are motivated with many different factors: intrinsically, extrinsically, instrumentally, or integratively.